Crawl Space Vapor Barrier for Orchard Hill homeowners
Homes in Orchard Hill are mostly older frame construction on open brick piers, with crawl spaces that are exposed to the yard on every side. Under them, clay sits on rock, which keeps water in the top few feet of soil.
So the ground under the house is holding moisture at exactly the depth the crawl space occupies, and there is no enclosure to stop humid outside air joining in. The framing above deals with both sources for most of the year.
The barrier removes the larger of the two. Heavy reinforced material goes across the full ground, taped at the seams, sealed up to every pier. On an open pier foundation we also talk through enclosing the perimeter, because that is what lets humidity control work at all if you want to go further later.
Here is what our crawl space vapor barrier work includes on an Orchard Hill home, in town or out toward the Spalding County line.
- Puncture-resistant, overlapped seams
- Blocks soil moisture and humidity
- Protects joists and subfloor from rot
- A budget-friendly first step or full system
